Can these 2 plants be rescued? (hebe & lavender)

[NotAnEMERGENCY]

I've recently moved house and now that the weather is getting better, I am exploring a bit more in the garden.

1. I found a hebe, still in its pot, in a border. The roots were growing through the bottom of the pot into the soil. The branches are rather bare lower down. (Would this be called 'leggy'?) Is it possible to prune it somehow so it fills out a bit more and becomes a bit more bushy or is that unlikely to happen?
   
   
2. There are quite a few lavender plants around (facing different aspects etc). They are generally rather woody and leggy. Would pruning them help or should I give up and remove them?
   
   The lavender in the photo (west facing) is actually one of the better looking ones but it's bending completely to one side and is practically lying flat on the lawn, outside the border. Is there anything I can do to get it growing more upright or is it just a case of being in the wrong position? (The shed presumably casts a shade.)

[MrsBertBibby]

Lavender tends to need replacing quite often. That looks pretty old. Maybe see if you can get cuttings, and execute that one when you're ready to replant? It's planted far too near the edge anyway, I'd say.

Dunno about the hebe. I have a tiny hebe in a pot which I am worried didn't like the snow. Got it off a mate as a v recent cutting, a year ago, and it looked like it would make it, but It's suddenly all sad looking.

[MrsBertBibby]

Nice cat!

[JT05]

The hebe is pretty tough, let it flower this year, then prune to a better shape. It will be ok.
The Lavender will be ok, but is more difficult to shape because it won’t grow if you cut into the old wood. I’d also let it flower this year and then try to prune it lightly.
Both plants can be replaced very cheaply, but I don’t like getting rid of anything growing. ( apart from weeds!)

[NotAnEMERGENCY]

Thank you both for your replies!

I'll try repotting the hebe and then pruning it after it's flowered. Buds are beginning to show already.

I think I'll get rid of the lavender but take cuttings first. I also find it hard to get rid if anything that is growing. I have tended numerous plants that I'm not personally that keen on just because I can't bear to throw them away. (I even found it almost literally painful last year to thin out my Nigella damascena seedlings as they all looked so perfect. It was my first time growing from seed so I had quite a lot of motherly love for them - does that sounds mad?)

At least if I take cuttings it'll be like the lavender can 'live on'. I've had absolutely zero success with hebe cuttings in the past, even though they're supposed to be easy to propagate. (I don't think I'm doing it wrong as I've been fine taking cuttings from other plants.)

[gobbin]

I replace my lavenders about every 4 years. They don’t last forever.